I have a VIP-211k and use a third party DVR software to record my dish shows. (I use SageTV and the Hauppauge HD-PVR to record my HD only package with Dish). Dish in their infinite wisdom automatically puts the STB to sleep after updating the box. In the past, I had my box set to "Disable Automatic Updates" to prevent this sleeping. (Because otherwise I would only get the screen saver recorded - not the show I wanted. This is because the box will not respond to channel changes until the screen saver is removed by pressing "select").
However, after a recent power failure, my box started updating itself automatically, and there was no longer a setting to disable the updates.
I email Dish network support to see what happened. Here is a copy of my email to Dish.
Here is the reponse that I got back from Dish.
As you can read, they apparently are going to take away the option to disable automatic updates on ALL their STBs in the future.
If you use a third party DRV software, this probably will affect you. I "fixed" it on my system by creating a timer on the 211k. It is set to automatically tune to a channel shortly after the automatic update occurs. The idea is that the update will occur and the box will go to sleep. But shortly after that, the box wakes up and tunes to a specific channel. Since I also have the Inactivity Period set to Never, the box will not go to sleep again until tomorrows updates. This allows my software to change the channel and record all the shows for that day without any problems.
So just a warning to those people that rely on the "Disable Automatic Updates" setting. It might not always be there for you in the future.
However, after a recent power failure, my box started updating itself automatically, and there was no longer a setting to disable the updates.
I email Dish network support to see what happened. Here is a copy of my email to Dish.
Here is the reponse that I got back from Dish.
As you can read, they apparently are going to take away the option to disable automatic updates on ALL their STBs in the future.
If you use a third party DRV software, this probably will affect you. I "fixed" it on my system by creating a timer on the 211k. It is set to automatically tune to a channel shortly after the automatic update occurs. The idea is that the update will occur and the box will go to sleep. But shortly after that, the box wakes up and tunes to a specific channel. Since I also have the Inactivity Period set to Never, the box will not go to sleep again until tomorrows updates. This allows my software to change the channel and record all the shows for that day without any problems.
So just a warning to those people that rely on the "Disable Automatic Updates" setting. It might not always be there for you in the future.
